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(Danielle Eastman) wrote in
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Our basement flooded in January and we had to replace the sheet rock.
There was also an area of popcorn ceiling at the entry into the
basement. We hired some one to resheet rock and remove popcorn
ceiling finish. We had put some plastic up, but did not realize the
devastation that the contractor would be doing to our whole home. He
did not warn us or put up any protection or suggest that we did. He
sanded the 3 foot by 5 foot popcorn ceiling and sent a plum of white
dust through out the house through the duct work as well as blowing to
the second floor. ( we thought that there would be a vacuum system on
any major sanding that he did) We tried to get this terrible dust up
by vacuuming to no satisfaction. (the dust made our window screen
WHITE). We were very upset with the way the contractor did this. We
had no idea what was going to happen. Then as he was getting ready to
finish the walls he did it again and it went all through the house
again.

My question is does anyone know how we can get this terrible dust out
of our home. We have tried our vacuum cleaner and it just cakes up in
the cleaner or blows out of the back. This is making our family sick
and is in everything It has to be in the ducts as well as carpeting,
furniture, clothing and bedding. Can we rent something get it up? We
have tried washing the basement floor, but it does not seem to help.
We cannot put carpeting down until we get this all out of the house.
We are worried that we will have to take the rest of the carpeting in
our home up because of the dust.

We would appreciate any ideas on how we can get this dust out of our
home.
Thank you so very much.

Betty

I am wondering was this contractor insured? Even if they weren't, why
did you make final payment upon job completion? Should have been held
back until the job was done, including cleanup, even if they had to
sub-k out the cleaning.

Then as he was getting ready to finish the walls he
did it again

errrr, and you let him?

(made final pmt, let him do it twice...signs of trolling here)

Assuming you are posting this and it is summer where you are and you say
it got spread throughout the house via the HVAC, you were running the
AC?! First, I hope you've changed the filter since! Second, Someone
needs to check the coil on the AC. If it got caked with dust it
seriously needs to be cleaned by an HVAC company. The AC filter is to
keep the everyday NORMAL dust out of the coils. What you describe is
stuff that can trash AC coils prematurely. The coil is not cheap. The
labor to replace it is not cheap.

Now go check the filter again.